#redding weddy

[golyadkin]

Redraw of an oldy in light of final series developments

#bbc ghosts #bbc ghosts captain #bbc ghosts havers #lieutenant havers #anthony havers #capvers #bbc ghosts carpe diem #bbc ghosts something to share #redding weddy #six idiots #them there #ben willbond #better than the last variation but i can still see places to improve #and that's why we keep going #fanart #art tag

[happilyhadesbound]

reading the IMDb page for Redding Weddy... screaming crying throwing up etc

#why does the silly little sitcom make me so so so sad #the captain #lieutenant havers #capvers #bbc ghosts #six idiots #redding weddy

[mike-peabody]

I’ve seen something on the Redding Weddy episode cover again!! There is definitely a deleted scene because I think I can see someone’s arm, which is probably Havers’(Anthony’s)!! WE NEED THE DELETED SCENES!!!

#bbc ghosts #six idiots #ben willbond #just a couple of chaps in the library #bbc ghosts captain #the captain ghosts #bbc ghosts havers #capvers #larry rickard #jim howick #redding weddy #deleted scene

[vex-vaporub]

KEEP ‼‼ IT 🔥 UNDER ⬇⬇ YOUR 🫵🫵 HAT 🪖🪖

#fanart #art #digital art #drawing #horrible histories #bbc ghosts #bbc ghosts the captain #ben willbond #bbc ghosts captain #redding weddy

[tastethevision]

I just re watched Redding Weddy and honestly, hats off to the man who played Havers. Like he appears 3 times at most on the episode, smiles, steals everyone's hearts and then fucks off into the distance. What a legend. Absolute Chad. A true Lad

#bbc ghosts #redding weddy #what an episode #william havers #havers #ben willbond

[natjennie]

bbc ghosts without faces - s2e3 "redding weddy"

#ghosts without faces #bbc ghosts #my edits #redding weddy #redding weddy my beloved.. im in pain #that gate. my heart is gonna explode.

[bawdiestrhymester]

Posting this for the very last sentence alone!

Damn you BBC for not giving him his tanks!!

We were absolutely robbed!!

😭

#bbc ghosts #the captain #redding weddy #Havers #Ben Willbond #give the man tanks!!! #I feel like Ben (and the Captain) would have been like a little boy the whole time #tanks!!

[ailendolin]

One of my favourite moments in Redding Weddy is right in the beginning when the wedding planner looks at the garden and says, "There's rough around the edges, and then there's a bombsite."

Because when you first watch that episode, it's just a random line someone says - nothing particularly noteworthy or memorable. But then you watch it again and suddenly it's so much more. It's foreshadowing at its finest and I take my hat off to Simon and Ben for telling us right in the beginning that there is, in fact, a bomb in that garden - both literally and figuratively - and that it will go off.

#bbc ghosts #mp bbc ghosts #redding weddy

[lifedistractions]

Ben’s ‘American’ voice over here isn’t terrible but it’s the way he says “wonder” that I find hilarious.

#ben willbond #bbc ghosts #ghosts #ghosts bbc #redding weddy #the captain ghosts #six idiots #them there

[tamsinbeybey-she-no-porcupine]

okay this is for the "I say Havers"-meta anon because I feel a bit bad that I didn't give you what you wanted🙈

So we pick it up again after, the last post I showed you.

Captain says his line about the cover drive, Havers thanks him and then this happens :

(Two btws: -I remember making one of my silly little lazy posts with "say something I'm giving up on you" to this image

-just found out whilst looking for the GIF: I actually can tell from Gifs that only have his facial expression what has been said to him and at which point we are in the scene,solely based on his expression😮 )

Sorry back to the meta:

Would you look at him. In the first scene we have with him Cap dismisses him by saying "carry on" and Havers gets back to his duties. But here Cap, all wrapped up in his feelings made room for a pause by not saying anything after his cricket comment.

Now Havers says this and of course he can't just leave,he has to be dismissed and my boy has places to be (north-africa). But this is clearly not him asking for further commands etc.

Look at his eyes completely fixed on Cap and his raised eyebrow and the movement of the head. It's simutaneously the gesture one makes to remind someone that it's their turn to speak or do something as well as it looks like he tries to not only encourage Cap but is trying to indicate that "If you have anything to say, now is the time". Basically it looks like he's desperately waiting/yearning/hoping that Cap will adress his feelings/confess his feelings. He's almost trying to nudge him mentally to spit something out. (Still believe His inner monologue here was "say something, say something, say something!")

But Cap just confirms that that's all and in this second Havers realises that Cap won't say anything. And look how dissapointed he looks because it's just not happening. He's giving up and very very briefly has to get his facial expression in check. he turns to leave

(Excuse the screenshot quality I'm typing this on my phone and had to take this from YouTube)

So Cap now panicks a bit because this is probably the last conversation they'll be having and he at least has something to say that resembles a good bye or an I miss you just something to tell Havers what he means to him. So at the last minute:

and of course Havers whips around with an expectant look the only difference is he does not look like he's screaming internally wondering If Cap will confess anymore. I guess because he's already in his stiff upper lip/professional mode because my god the man can hide his emotions Like 1000 times better than Cap. Also he has given up after Cap gave him emotional whiplash twice already in this conversation. But nonetheless there is still a faint hope which is shown by how fucking fast he turns towards him.

So the next part hast been said by others before. Cap tries to say something, his courage leaves him, he shakes his head to himself and settles for

With this pleading look on his face of I dunno "please I mean it"? "please you have to understand/to see"? "Please believe me when I say"?

Wordwise though he's going the semi professional route of "I really liked working with you because I like you as a colleague"

So now Havers reaction which I for the longest time could not get. I mean i get the nod that's a "acknowledged....thank you ...you too... bye"

But the smile? So yeah now I gotta say first of all professional mode is on. But also in a way he got an "It's a shame that you're going, I wish you we're staying" but just not as a romantic confession. So he's smiling because at least he got that and it was sincere? Also happy that Cap did at least say something about his emotions towards him in the end?

seriously interpretations on that smile are very welcome.

Sorry this all is again incoherent babbling, but at least it's now about the right part of the scene.

#Anon ask #bbc ghosts #Redding Weddy #Capvers #Caphavers #Meta #My soft boy and my creaky boy #I Love them your honour #I am going to be so late for Work now whooopsie #Lieutenant Havers #BBC Ghosts the Captain

[ghostsbestepisodetournament]

Once again, the pairs have been done by a random picker wheel… it’s a tough round but may the best episode win!! :)

#bbc ghosts #ghosts bbc #polls #ghosts #fandom polls #ghosts season 2 #the captian #the thomas thorne affair #redding weddy

[happilyhadesbound]

"When I was at Button House, there was a war on." "I don't think that's ever come up before."

get his ass Alison

#bbc ghosts #alison cooper #the captain #redding weddy

[jazzandpizazz]

“I shall miss you, Havers.”

#screaming crying throwing myself against a wall #did not expect that to be so sad #i love him even more now #bbc ghosts #bbc ghosts 2019 #bbc ghosts captain #redding weddy #captain ghosts #captain #cap ghosts #lieutenant havers #ben willbond #peter sandys clarke #bbc ghosts gifset #my gifset #my gifs #captain ghosts gifset #bbc ghosts season 2 episode 3 #the six idiots #them there

[grinchwrapsupreme]

ok i keep seeing people say that the captain must have served in WWI because of his age. Personally, I don't think he did because of how he behaves in the flashbacks in Redding Weddy (and, more obviously, his lack of medals showing a lack of involvement) but I don't think we'll ever know for sure, it doesn't seem important to his character and he hasn't made any references to anything outside of WWII let alone the first one. So just for kicks, here's a list of possible reasons the Captain didn't serve:

Reserved Occupation: conscription exempted a lot of people due to a variety of reasons and about 1/3 eligible men were exempted due to RO. Basically it means that men who were in jobs considered important could only be conscripted in a very narrow age margin (they could volunteer but they didn't have to go) such as vets, clergymen, miners (complicated situation for that one), and a variety of men who worked in engineering or industrial related jobs (including those who worked in munitions (sound familiar?))

Health: there's a whole variety of health problems that could exempt an otherwise fit man including asthma, arthritis, a rash even. It could literally have been a passing illness or a childhood problem that passed by the time WWII rolled around, just a bit of bad luck that hit him at just the wrong time (or it could have been bad knees that he lied about 20 years later)

Conscientious Objection: I don't think it's this one, that guy loves war, he wants to fight so bad, but I'm not going to just not put it here

Age: LISTEN. We don't know the Captain's canon age. At his youngest I would say he was born in 1900, putting him at 46ish when he died (the age Ben was when Ghosts first started (he could easily be older and in fact probably is idk (Ben help me out here ple-))) which would mean when the war kicked off he was 14 and conscription began he was only 16. He would have hit conscription age at 18 in 1918 which was the year the war ended. Conscription continued until 1920 but the fighting was "officially" over so they wouldn't have been calling on as many people and he might have been passed over for someone more fit, more healthy, less reserved occupationy etc. etc. I don't think it was this one either but for posterity here it is. Or he was conscripted late which would lead to

Training: This one happened to my own relative during WWI. If Cap came of age during the war, which he would have if he died anywhere between the ages of 46-50, he would have been conscripted and trained in England during the war. If the war ended while he was still in training he might never have been sent out at all despite being the right age for it. Any of the above could also have caused this - a bad rash, a nasty cough, being too young, working in a factory building ships, and so on - but it might very well have happened and would have prevented him from seeing any medal-worthy action or getting the experience needed to make him less of a nervous wreck leading to the Cap we see in Redding Weddy

To conclude: the Captain might have served in WWI but he could just as easily not have. We'll probably never know and any interpretation of his backstory is both valid and a very interesting read into his character

#long post // #fr though he's got no medals from WWI in the flashbacks that's the most damning evidence in my eyes #no one think i'm angry please i'm not i just fucking love history and theorizing about fictional men #bbc ghosts #bbc ghosts captain #redding weddy #genuinely fr i'm not vaguing anyone i am simply unwell in the head about this man

[glowinggreeneyes-e]

but what was in that ‘William’ letter?

what did the Captain write down, fold away, tuck into an envelope, gently brand with his fountain pen, then place into his breast pocket with the deepest affection and respect only afforded to secrets?

was it a confession? a plea for Anthony to stay? their plans, the Operation, a thinly veiled prayer to keep Havers in Button House? a warning, a reminder, a memoir? a playback of their closest, finest moments together, immortalised for two minds and one piece of paper? did you spill every drop of emotion into ink? or was it laced with that same sentiment as per your diary entries?

was it in your heart as he faded out of the grounds, into the night, into the war? was it on your lips when you saw him again, for that last time?

oh, Captain, what did you write in there?

#did you want havers to ever know what you wrote? #if anyone ever meets Ben Willbond please ask him #this has stuck with me for so long sorry if anyone’s written about this before #all the fanfics and meta can speculate but I need to know what mr willbond was thinking when he made that decision #it’s kinda haunting kinda sweet kinda tragic #bbc ghosts #capvers #captain #havers #writing #the letter #redding weddy #caphavers #s2e3 #james and anthony #s5e5 #meta

[natjennie]

thought about that little swallow and flinch back havers does in redding weddy and i almost threwy up btw 👍

#redding weddy is so fucked up #someone get me havers gifs. STAT. #or ill make my own #bbc ghosts #lieutenant havers #capvers #<- its not but i know some people have that tag blocked so i figure just in case #redding weddy #the tiny expressions. the face acting. #peter sandys clarke you are a master